CVE-2007-5448

Madwifi 0.9.3.2 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (panic) via a beacon frame with a large length value in the extended supported rates (xrates) element, which triggers an assertion error, related to net80211/ieee80211_scan_ap.c and net80211/ieee80211_scan_sta.c.

Published: 2007-10-14 Last update: 2026-04-23 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2007-5448 is rated Moderate Risk (47.2/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 2.48%). Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2007-5448

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2025-11-08 2.18% 2.48% +0.30%
2 2025-03-30 3.07% 2.18% -0.89%
3 2025-03-29 — 3.07% —

Full EPSS history (13 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2007-5448

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
4.3 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:M)
Exploitation needs some favorable conditions, but not exceptional ones.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
 8.6 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2007-5448

OS Trackers for CVE-2007-5448

vendor priority summary link
gentoo normal CVE-2007-5448: 1 GLSA(s) (200711-09), 1 atom(s) (net-wireless/madwifi-ng); latest impact normal. https://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=CVE-2007-5448
ubuntu low CVE-2007-5448 low priority: Ubuntu including 5 source packages (linux-restricted-modules, linux-restricted-modules-2.6.15, linux-restricted-modules-2.6.20, linux-restricted-modules-2.6.22, linux-restricted-modules-2.6.24), 10 status rows across 6 suites (dapper, feisty, gutsy, hardy, intrepid, upstream): not-affected 6, ignored 2, needed 2. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2007-5448

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2007-5448

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
madwifi madwifi <= 0.9.3.2 cpe:2.3:a:madwifi:madwifi:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2007-5448

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